Research Support Services (RSS)
DoIT Research Support Solutions
The RSS team within the Division of Information Technology provides advanced computing support, training, and consultation to the MU research community. RSS works closely with researchers to evaluate their research computation needs and recommend solutions that allow them to take full advantage of the resources available as well as building workstations and servers to support unique computational needs. RSS serves as a liaison with researchers and other groups at MU to assess needs for specialized, high-performance computing and networking resources, ensuring that the campus' computing and networking infrastructure is positioned to support these needs. In addition to HPC, RSS is the operational team for the Mizzou Quantum Innovation Center providing technical support for Quantum resources. This team provides support with grant proposals with technology components as well as workshops and training events to advance the knowledge of resources available to maximize researcher impact.
HPC Facilities, Equipment and Other Resources
University of Missouri Cluster (Hellbender)
- Operating System: Alma Linux 8
- Scheduling Software: Slurm
- Nodes: 222
- Cores: 22,272
- GPU: 132 cards across 41 Nodes
- 68 Nvidia A100
- 28 Nvidia H100
- 8 Nvidia H200
- 12 Nvidia L40S
- 16 Nvidia V100
- Each node will be attached to the backbone with an HDR Infiniband connection capable of providing two hundred (200) gigabits of data throughput per second to each node, with an anticipated theoretical latency of less than six hundred (600) nanoseconds.
- Storage:
- Connected to Research Data Ecosystem
- 8.5 Pb connected high-performance storage available.
- 4PB VAST
- 4.5 PB GPFS/Pixstor
- NFS/GPFS mounts to client servers or Hellbender cluster.
- Able to provide via SMB to allow access separate from Hellbender cluster environment (for those who need research storage but do not utilize our HPC environment).
- Snapshots are enabled to provide individual file recovery for 1 week on the Pixstor array and for 1 month on the VAST array.
- Storage lab allocations are protected by associated security groups applied to the share, with group member access can be administered by the assigned PI or appointed representative.
- Archive: LTO tape library has been installed to provide long term Archive storage in conjunction with Records Management.
- File Transfer and File sharing can be carried out via access to our RDE environment via our Globus subscription.
- Network:
- RNET - MU's Research Network RNET has an autonomous set of VLANs that co-reside within the IP space of the University but are on a separate high-speed routing and switch infrastructure on the MU campus. Major research labs at MU campus are connected to RNET with 1 – 10 Gbps interfaces, which can be configured with researcher-friendly firewall policies. IPv6 routing capabilities are supported within RNET due to the dual-stack mode setup and a separate IPv6 address space is reserved for researcher flows.
- RNET External Network Connectivity - RNET enables collaborations with HPC resources throughout the 4-campus University of Missouri System through a core fiber-optic network and multiple 100 Gigabit (Gb) optics operated by the Missouri Research and Education Network (MOREnet). The MOREnet connectivity allows MU researchers to connect via high speed networks and collaboration services such as videoconferencing. Connectivity to InteRNET2 from RNET is available directly if needed, and through MOREnet and the Great Plains Network (GPN) consortium. The direct connection to Internet2 has been upgraded to 100 Gbps connectivity with built-in redundancy provided by MOREnet for route protection to avert network disruption due to faults. MU utilizes Globus for high-speed data transfers on campus and between organizations.
Specialized System Support Resources
RSS provides expert support for specialized devices, including sensors, instrumentation interfaces, atypical workstations and servers, development, storage, security, and other IT related needs in the research context.
Quantum Computing Facilities, Equipment and Other Resources
University of Missouri System’s Quantum Innovation Center in partnership with IBM Quantum
- Through the Quantum Innovation Center, UM System has access to exclusive IBM Quantum Systems which are not publicly available, and the earliest beta release of the Qiskit quantum SDK. Users are able to evaluate, explore, and execute quantum computing through an API that provides runtime-level access to IBM’s quantum computers via Qiskit Runtime environment.
- UM System researchers to run priority jobs through a fair-share queue on IBM’s quantum processing units (QPUs).
- UM System researchers also have access to IBM’s learning and training materials, working groups and networking opportunities which will aide UM System in mastering and improving upon state-of-the-art quantum computing algorithms and techniques.
- Available time to be allocated among researchers
- 1600 minutes in a rolling 28-day period
Quantum compute resources:
5 QPUs with 156 Qubits:
- 300K - 340K Circuit Layer Operations per Second (CLOPS) each
- 2Q error (layered): < 5.56e-3
2 QPU with 120 Qubits
- 24K - 2M CLOPS
- 2Q error (layered): < 9.25e-3
All QPUs employ circuits capable of running 5,000 two-qubit gates, which surpass classically simulatable experiments.